A long-missing veteran star is finally back on The Young and the Restless fold. Here’s the show’s latest comings and goings casting news. Find out who it is, as well as if any other stars from yesteryear are joining the soap this week or in the near future, if any newcomers are boarding in contract, recurring, or day-player roles, or if any of your favorite actors or actresses are leaving the CBS drama.

The Week of September 29, 2025

At long last, Jess Walton is finally back on the Genoa City scene as Jill Abbott. The beloved character returns for real — not just via another video phone call this week — when she arrives home on Thursday, October 2. Look for the character to immediately settle unfinished business with Jason Thompson’s Billy and Billy Flynn’s Cane.

Valarie Pettiford, who’s been conspicuously missing as Amy Lewis, is finally back onscreen. The character has been MIA since the stunning murder of her son, Damian (Jermaine Rivers). Pettiford shares scenes with Christel Khalil’s Lily on Thursday, October 2. Pettiford also airs opposite Sean Dominic’s Nate on Friday, October 3.

Cait Fairbanks returns as Tessa Porter. (Learn some interesting facts about the actress here.) She interacts with Sharon Case’s Sharon this week.